#E2BC49#E2BC49

#E2BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.137 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E2BC49
RGB	rgb(226, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, 1.45, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 61.03, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0011 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.137 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5525, 52.6192, 13.7959)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E2BC49 #496FE2

analogous

#E26F49 #E2BC49 #BBE249

triadic

#E2BC49 #49E2BC #BC49E2

tetradic

#E2BC49 #49E26F #496FE2 #E249BB

square

#E2BC49 #49E26F #496FE2 #E249BB

split-complementary

#E2BC49 #49BBE2 #6F49E2

monochromatic

#987918 #CDA221 #E2BC49 #EACF7E #F3E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E2BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#E2BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E2BC49

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E2BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E2BC49	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e2bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.137 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcf81',
    500: '#e2bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e2bc49;
$custom-light: #efcf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e2bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80794,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E2BC49

secondary

#334D9C

accent

#66EF39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E2BC49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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